Scooby Doo's Deleted Drug Scene Explains Its Best Hidden Adult Joke
A controversially deleted drug gag from the James Gunn scripted R-rated Scooby-Doo explains the movie's best hidden adult joke. First released on June 14th, 2002, director Raja Gosnell and writer James Gunn's movie represents the first live-action Scooby-Doo franchise installment, which sees Mystery Incorporated reunite after a two-year split to investigate strange happenings at popular horror-themed tropical island resort Spooky Island. Despite a lukewarm critical reception upon release, Scooby-Doo 2002 has since garnered a cult following, with many of the movie's more adult-skewing jokes still holding up well today.
Near the beginning of Scooby-Doo, as the Mystery Inc. gang boards the Spooky Island plane, Shaggy (Matthew Lillard) is sat next to the beautiful Mary Jane (Isla Fisher). Immediately smitten by his travel companion, Shaggy asks her name, to which he then replies, "Like, that's my favorite name." This gag has since gone on to become one of the most famous adult jokes hidden within a children's movie, with Scooby-Doo 2002 littered with various other half-nods that point to Shaggy being a stoner.
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Yet the deleted drug scene from Scooby-Doo's R-rated version makes its Mary Jane joke even better. In a revealing YouTube interview with Scooby-Doo editor Kent Beyda, presenters JayBee & Milly, in association with smASH's Ashton Hardy, unearth a hilarious scene description from Beyda in which the camera zooms in on the Mystery Machine to reveal a sign that reads "Pot — $5" before panning out to reveal actual clay pots that Shaggy and Scooby (Neil Fanning) are selling to store flowers in. This cheeky deleted scene gives additional context to why
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